Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Abdollah Katbab
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Patent number: 7925302Abstract: Receiver diversity in a wireless device is controlled in response to operating conditions, transmission requirements, and control settings. The control of diversity reduces power consumption by enabling receive diversity on given conditions. Operating conditions, transmission requirements, and control settings are used separately or used in conjunction to determine whether benefits of multi-antenna receive diversity, such as higher link capacity, higher data throughput, lower transmit power, and lower error rate, warrant the higher power cost of the diversity.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2005Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Fatih Ulupinar, Gregory A. Breit, Brian C. Banister, Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr.
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Patent number: 7912457Abstract: System for creation and transport of multimedia content flows. The system includes a method for transporting a content flow to a wireless access network for broadcast to devices coupled to the wireless access network. The method includes transmitting a request message to add the content flow to the wireless access network, wherein the request message includes a scheduled delivery time. The method also includes receiving a response message indicating that the content flow will be added to the wireless access network, waiting until the scheduled delivery time, and delivering the content flow to the wireless access network.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ravinder Paul (Rob) Chandhok, Nileshkumar J. Parekh, Ranganathan Krishnan
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Patent number: 7907531Abstract: Apparatus, methods, processors and machine readable media for verifying the integrity of firmware on a wireless device. Aspects include generating a verification scheme for testing the integrity of firmware on a wireless device and transmitting the verification scheme to the wireless device. The wireless device applies the verification scheme to the firmware and obtains a verification test result, which is forwarded for analysis. An analyzer compares the generated verification test result with a predetermined test result to obtain an integrity determination that indicates the integrity of the firmware. In some aspects, control commands to change an operational characteristic of the wireless device may be generated based on the integrity determination.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sanjay K. Jha, Behrooz L. Abdi, Clifton Eugene Scott, Kenny Fok, Tia Manning Cassett, Jihyun Hwang
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Patent number: 7890129Abstract: A method and apparatus provides for delivering information to an idle mobile station in a group communication network includes delivering the information to the mobile station in special form, e.g., short data burst (SDB) form, if the information is smaller than a predetermined size limit. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus provides for encapsulating the information inside a frame, forwarding the frame to a server for delivery to the mobile station, and causing the server to extract the information from the frame and deliver the information to the mobile station on a forward common channel. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus provides for receiving information for delivery to the mobile station, the information being tagged for delivery on a forward common channel, and delivering the information to the mobile station on the forward common channel. In one aspect, the method delivers the information when the mobile station is in idle state with no traffic channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Inventors: Eric Rosen, Mark Maggenti, Jun Wang
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Patent number: 7873321Abstract: Apparatus, methods, processors and computer readable media for determining the wireless network access performance or capability of a wireless device. Embodiments include a wireless device having a computer platform with a processing engine operable to generate a plurality of network access performance data during processing activities on the wireless device. The wireless device further includes a network access performance module operable to collect selected ones of the plurality of network access data associated with a predetermined data processing capability of the wireless device, and based on a predetermined collection configuration. The embodiments may also include an apparatus operable to generate the predetermined collection configuration, and operable to receive the collected network access data and to generate a performance report characterizing the network access performance or capability of the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Kenny Fok, Tia Manning Cassett, Jihyun Hwang
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Patent number: 7852801Abstract: A mobile communications device is described that includes a processor configured to establish a network connection with a server in a network and a data generator under the control of the processor that is configured to periodically generate a data unit at a rate having a fixed period. The mobile communications device also includes a transceiver configured to transmit, via the network connection, the data unit during one of the plurality of slots, each slot being an adjacent fractional portion of the fixed period.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Anastasios Stamoulis, Nikhil Jain
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Patent number: 7839833Abstract: A reduced complexity short range wireless communication system and method are described providing a very low complexity, low cost, and low power version of Bluetooth Wireless Technology. In one embodiment, the low complexity version relies upon mechanisms and procedures already present in existing standards, such as Version 1.2 of the Bluetooth Specification. In this embodiment, the inventive method and apparatus take advantage of essential mechanisms and procedures already present in the Bluetooth Specification, while eliminating the need for the parts of the Bluetooth Specification that are not required by very low complexity devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Joel Linsky, Terrance R Bourk
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Patent number: 7778642Abstract: A method and system determines whether the receiving subscriber unit is also part of a digital wireless telephone system that has compatible vocoding capability. If so, vocoded data is converted into tones that are introduced into a wire-based telephone system for routing to the appropriate receiving digital wireless telephone system. When these tones are received by the receiving digital wireless telephone system, the vocoded data is regenerated based on the tones and then transmitted to the receiving subscriber unit. If the originating and receiving wireless subscriber units are part of the same digital wireless telephone system, the steps of conversion to tones and introduction into the wire-based telephone system may be omitted, and the vocoded data is passed between the two digital wireless telephone systems via an all-digital connection such as an ATM packet network or a wire-based telephone connection where the integrity of digital information is assured.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Noam A. Ziv, Barry Robbins
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Patent number: 7720022Abstract: A method and apparatus for maximizing the use of available capacity in a communication system having a base station and a plurality of mobile stations. The forward link includes a plurality of traffic streams sent on at least one channel from the base station to the mobile stations. The forward link is subject to a maximum power ceiling. A first output power level associated with simultaneously transmitting a first set of one or more traffic streams on the forward link is initially determined. Next, the first output power level is compared to the maximum power ceiling; and at least one time frame in the forward link having available capacity for transmitting a portion of at least one further traffic stream is identified. The first set of traffic streams and the portion of the at least one further traffic stream are then transmitted simultaneously during the at least one frame on the forward link.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2001Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr., Stein A. Lundby
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Patent number: 7711119Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide for methods and apparatus for encrypting media using a current media encryption key (MEK), requesting a new MEK, and receiving the new MEK. The method further provides for transitioning from the current MEK to the new MEK and continuing to encrypt the media using the new MEK. In another embodiment, the method provides for decrypting media during an ongoing media communication session, the method provides for receiving encrypted media, and decrypting the encrypted media using a current MEK. The method further provides for requesting a new MEK before the current MEK expires based on its associated expiration time, receiving the new MEK, and continuing to decrypt the encrypted media based on a received MEK indication flag (MIF) that indicates whether the encrypted media is encrypted using the current MEK or the new MEK.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2004Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Brendan Brett, Maria Marshall
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Patent number: 7706740Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods operable to distribute targeted content. Additionally, disclosed are corresponding apparatus and methods operable to selectively choose and cache selected ones from among the distributed targeted content, and to further choose ones from among the cached content to present on a device. In some aspects, selective caching of content may be based upon a match between predetermined content attribute information and predetermined profile information. Further, in some aspects, an indicator is operable to trigger the selective inclusion of one or more of the cached content in a presentation of other content, which may be based on a match between a desired content attribute associated with the indicator and the respective predetermined content attribute information of the cached content.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Bruce Collins, Gordon Kent Walker, Jeffery N. Brown, Jun Wang, Chris John Bennett, Charles N. Lo, Haipeng Jin, Lakshminath Reddy Dondeti, Randall Coleman Gellens, Mark Maggenti
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Patent number: 7706350Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide for methods and systems for flexibly allocating a shared frequency spectrum to a plurality of users, the spectrum may have a first number of segments, each segment having a second number of clusters associated with a certain sector/cell. In one aspect, a method for flexibly allocating a shared frequency spectrum to a plurality of users comprises the acts of fixedly assigning a first group of clusters to a first group of users, such that the first group of users stay fixed to the assigned clusters, and assigning a second group of clusters to a second group of users, such that the second group of users hop within the assigned clusters.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alexei Gorokhov, Avneesh Agrawal
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Patent number: 7689822Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing security in a group communication network provides for receiving an encryption key, encrypting media for transmission to a controller using the received encryption key, the encrypted media being directed to another communication device, and communicating the encrypted media to the controller. In one embodiment, the communicating includes wireless communication. The method and apparatus further provides for receiving encrypted media from a controller and blocking the encrypted media if the communication device is not enabled to receive encrypted-media transmission, or if the media is not encrypted based on an encryption key previously specified by the communication device. In another aspect, the communication device is a push-to-talk (PTT) device.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mark Maggenti, Douglas M. Crockett, Eric Rosen
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Patent number: 7680497Abstract: A system and method for updating a current set of parameters in a communications system is provided. The system and method determines the current position of a mobile unit in a first coverage area, determines a set of optimum parameters based on the current position of the mobile unit, and updates the current set of parameters in the mobile unit with the set of optimum parameters. The system and method may be used for optimizing position-dependent system-access and soft-handoff parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventor: Samir S. Soliman
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Patent number: 7675414Abstract: Methods, devices, apparatus and systems are provided for adaptation of a wireless communication device based on current environmental conditions, historical environmental condition patterns and/or historical usage patterns. In this regard, the device senses such environmental conditions as light, sound, motion, temperature and the like and, automatically or at user discretion, adjusts functionality on the device that is affected by these conditions. Additionally, by determining environmental and usage patterns the device can adapt to the patterns by providing certain functionality and/or applications to the user at prescribed times of the day, week, month, etc. By being able to automatically adapt the functionality of a wireless communication device, the user of such a device experiences greater ease in using the device and an overall heightened user experience.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Rajarshi Ray
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Patent number: 7643463Abstract: The present invention is a novel method and apparatus for a dual-mode radio (DMR) in a wireless communication system. The present invention allows Bluetooth™ protocol and 802.11 protocol devices to co-exist. The present inventive method classifies Bluetooth™ protocol and 802.11 protocol events according to importance. In the basic dual-mode radio method, the present invention assigns two levels of importance or priority Bluetooth™ events: “high” and “low”. In the enhanced dual-mode radio method, the present invention assigns three levels of importance or priority to Bluetooth™ events: “high”, “low” and “promotable”. The present inventive apparatus provides a means for disabling 802.11 transmissions when high-priority Bluetooth™ events are detected.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2002Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Joel B. Linsky, Terrance R. Bourk
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Patent number: 7609716Abstract: In a transmitter, data segments are transmitted in accordance with a predefined data protocol. The predefined data protocol is modified to define a first segment size and a second segment size. The first segment size represents a minimum segment size that can be transmitted. The second segment size represents a maximum segment size that can be transmitted. A segment is created and transmitted whenever a quantity of time-sensitive information available for transmission allows a segment to be constructed having a segment size between the minimum segment size and the maximum segment size. A segment of any size up to the maximum segment size is also created and transmitted whenever any time-sensitive information is available for transmission and an acknowledgement message is received by the transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2003Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: James M. Brown, Yu-Dong Yao
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Patent number: 7603126Abstract: A method and apparatus for avoiding simultaneous service origination and paging in a mobile operating in a group communication network provides for receiving a floor-control request, e.g., in short data burst (SDB) form, from a source communication device for initiating a group call, initiating a service origination process for the source communication device, and transmitting a response to the floor-control request from a controller after the service origination process is complete. In one aspect, the method and apparatus provides for transmitting a response to the floor-control request from a wireless infrastructure after the service origination process is complete. In another aspect, the method and apparatus provides for initiating the service origination process for the source communication device after transmitting the response to the source communication device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Eric Rosen, Ragulan Sinnarajah
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Patent number: 7603109Abstract: Methods and apparatus for over-the-air (OTA) subscriptions. A method is provided for performing over-the-air subscriptions in a data network. The method comprises establishing an overhead notification mechanism, and transmitting a package database to a device using the overhead notification mechanism, wherein the package database identifies one or more service packages. The method also comprises receiving a request from the device to subscribe to one or more selected service packages.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Joseph Barone, An Mei Chen, Ravinder Paul (Rob) Chandhok, Gordon Kent Walker
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Patent number: 7590708Abstract: Method and apparatus for detection and selection of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) service. A remote device includes a preference database for storing selection criteria for a plurality of access media. Access medium detector(s) determine accessibility of access media, and a selector selects one of the access media based on the selection criteria. The selection criteria indicate when to switch between access media.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: QUALCOMM, IncorporatedInventor: Raymond T. Hsu